We are pleased to advertise the program of the initiatives related to RURALCITY, to be held inBologna, October 6, 2011 and which are part of an extensive program of events during the International Building Exhibition SAIE 2011.

Award and projects exhibition

May 08th, 2011

The award, in presence of the jury, will take place at 07.00 pm on 6th October, at the Urban Center Bologna, part of the initiatives SAIE-OFF (fuorisalone SAIE 2011). It will also be inaugurated the exhibition of all projects, which will be open for three weeks.

During SAIE 2011 (Fiera di Bologna) Ordine Architetti Bologna (Hall 22) will hold a meeting and debate between authors and jury. The date will be announced along with other planned initiatives.

opening

May 18th, 2011

Provincia di Bologna has created Urbania, a cultural center with the aim of think and design the city and the territory. On May 7 ended the sixth edition of Urbania in which, through conferences and workshops, the theme of a new alliance town-countryside has been explored. In this context the Ordine degli Architetti di Bologna announces an ideas competition aimed to explore and investigate issues related to urban sprawl and consumption of agricultural land, which are due to an impairment of peri-urban landscapes, and effects of the development of contemporary Western cities. As we wonder worriedly about the future of cities and farmlands, it is essential to determine what urgent measures we can undertake to interrupt the consumption of new territories, staunching the spread of urban development in favor of requalification of already existing settlements.